Oct 25 2013

Dana's perspective

Everyday has been an adventure, some more than others. Tuesday was awesome! Brother Patterson and his son Jeremy took us fishing for barracuda and snapper. Fun to be out on the water, such different wildlife then we are used to seeing. Brother Patterson was very disappointed, he considered it one of the slowest fishing experiences to date. We were not let down, a little thirsty but not let down. We caught only one barra but several grunt, silk snapper and red snapper. MacKay was a little concerned when then motor malfunctioned for a few minutes in the middle of the caribbean. He started quoting lines from the movie cast away, I could tell by the look in his eyes if anyone was gonna be eaten, I was the first to go. Thankfully, technical problems solved we were on our way, no mutiny!

Funny how in many ways the friends here are just like our loved ones back home, cruel. They play mind games! I'll explain, we mentioned how were not even freaked out about cock roaches, they are a possible source of protein in an emergency. The friends here say, "the scorpions love to eat cockroaches too". Now were spraying for roaches again. They say "shake your clothes out before you put them on in case a scorpion is in them". We do, they say" you gotta shake them out good they really Hang on". Now every time I put on clothes I look like I'm beating out an old rug! They say,"the water is beautiful here". I say "what about the sharks and barra?" "They have people who watch for sharks and just don't wear anything shiny in the water, barracuda love shiny things".  Now I gotta make sure my short don't have a shiny zipper! The friends are great my kind of people, amazing sense of humour. Unless they're not joking!?

Wednesday was a fun day in service some nice calls, we can't wait to return! Most homes have gates and dogs and there has been not much concern on our part. You see some of the dogs can be very aggressive but most are quite small. We have been warned though that people keep a lot of Pit Bulls and Rottweilers. Well now we understand, Wednesday afternoon brothers park and I were going on an amazing study he has with a man, steve, really getting what he is learning! About a hundred feet from Steve's house five dogs come rushing out and are really aggressive, I'm not too worried, I'm walking my bike they're on the other side. But they keep coming and coming, Mike(bro parks). Says "be careful brother". I push at the dogs with my bike, and perfect, they start to scatter. However that's when I hear mike yell look out. I didn't see the pit bull of the other neighbours yard behind me, but I sure felt it when he had hold of my leg! Now things break into a frenzy, as sweaty gringo chases after the neighbours pit bull carrying his bike. The dogs took off in every direction, the Pit Bull decided to head for high ground and that was the last we saw of him. Torn pants, and a little damage that peroxide and iodine can fix no big deal. The brothers deal with things like this fairly often, just inexperience on my part put me in harms way. The study that afternoon was fantastic, and soon the dog bite was forgotten.

That evening we had a feast at the Patterson's of barracuda panades, conch fritters( pronounced Konk), Mexican rice, ice cream and fanta pop. Stuffed to the gills we head home. To begin meeting and service prep for the next day.

Service in Georgetown is fun, we have a very nice return visit with a girl who has many questions, we'll keep you posted. It rained a lot though and between showers the bugs were ferocious!  About halfway through our morning we saw a beautiful toucan, everyday you see something amazing!

Our last week and a half is going to be jam packed, the brothers asked if I could double up on some parts so they can do some necessary things. There are only two of them! So with our extra load, we will also be developing our RVs and seeing a maya ruin, cave tubing, zoo and hopefully swimming in a beautiful blue river.

Love you all, and please don't worry, we talk about bugs, dogs and scary things. We are quite safe. Love you all, see you soon the Brydons.  

PS. O yeah if you buy chicken tomalleys, beware! Carlee got a little freaked out when she found a chicken neck in hers, I laughed!  Today in my chicken tomalley I found an entire foot, she laughed, gagged a little too! Give me a piece of bread I'll eat anything, this however proved to be a challenge, ate a little couldn't finish. Now it's running right through me. Lol.